Marc Poris
@marcporis.bsky.social
He/him.
Working for police transparency and accountability in PDX.
PCC Paralegal student.
Member of Portland Copwatch. Opinions on here are my own.
Working for police transparency and accountability in PDX.
PCC Paralegal student.
Member of Portland Copwatch. Opinions on here are my own.
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Turns out Portland's check book is uploaded onto a public facing portal. Who knew?
So it looks like, for each of the 5 fiscal years available in the checkbook, a Bureau Search for the City Attorney's office results in a list of that shows the vendor as OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
Even the Mayor's office is more transparent than that!
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Even the Mayor's office is more transparent than that!
portlandoregon.quickbase.com/nav/app/bjsw...
City of Portland Oregon - Checkbook
portlandoregon.quickbase.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Turns out Portland's check book is uploaded onto a public facing portal. Who knew?
I am pleased with our window painting downtown. But I especially like these two:
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here's the Vision Zero update from page 9 of the December 2025 Portland City Administrator Report that goes to City Council on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
www.portland.gov/council/docu...
www.portland.gov/council/docu...
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Here's the Vision Zero update from page 9 of the December 2025 Portland City Administrator Report that goes to City Council on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
www.portland.gov/council/docu...
www.portland.gov/council/docu...
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My book about sheriffs and right-wing violence is a good book for the dads (and nongendered dad-types) in your life, especially for those who loved watching Yellowstone, Fargo, or Eddington!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My book about sheriffs and right-wing violence is a good book for the dads (and nongendered dad-types) in your life, especially for those who loved watching Yellowstone, Fargo, or Eddington!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...
$60,000 "employment discrimination lawsuit in the sum of $60,000 involving Portland Fire & Rescue" on the December 3, 2025 City Council Agenda.
The item includes the case number - 24CV29169 - which Councilor Kanal has been asking for.
Transparency on the upswing?
www.portland.gov/council/docu...
The item includes the case number - 24CV29169 - which Councilor Kanal has been asking for.
Transparency on the upswing?
www.portland.gov/council/docu...
*Pay settlement of David Barron employment discrimination lawsuit in the sum of $60,000 involving Portland Fire & Rescue
www.portland.gov
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
$60,000 "employment discrimination lawsuit in the sum of $60,000 involving Portland Fire & Rescue" on the December 3, 2025 City Council Agenda.
The item includes the case number - 24CV29169 - which Councilor Kanal has been asking for.
Transparency on the upswing?
www.portland.gov/council/docu...
The item includes the case number - 24CV29169 - which Councilor Kanal has been asking for.
Transparency on the upswing?
www.portland.gov/council/docu...
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This is good news because it can also set the ground work for DAs prosecuting local law enforcement for the same type of excessive force crimes.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and district attorneys of the state’s three largest counties say they will start investigating and prosecuting federal immigration enforcement agents if they don’t stop using excessive force on Oregonians. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/25/o...
Oregon attorney general, district attorneys warn feds to stop using excessive force • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon's attorney general and three district attorneys said they'll investigate and prosecute federal agents if they use excessive force.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This is good news because it can also set the ground work for DAs prosecuting local law enforcement for the same type of excessive force crimes.
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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The money for these shelters should have gone to housing, housing assistance, eviction assistance, and creating a more robust and sustainable service provider system that also pays staff well.
The money for these shelters should have gone to housing, housing assistance, eviction assistance, and creating a more robust and sustainable service provider system that also pays staff well.
www.koin.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
www.koin.com/news/portlan...
The money for these shelters should have gone to housing, housing assistance, eviction assistance, and creating a more robust and sustainable service provider system that also pays staff well.
The money for these shelters should have gone to housing, housing assistance, eviction assistance, and creating a more robust and sustainable service provider system that also pays staff well.
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Why POC collectively hold our breath when there’s a mass shooting or high profile crime before the suspect is even identified:
• Afghan man shoots a National Guard member:
With zero knowledge of the background or motive, the right screams that Muslims are terrorists and must be deported.
🧵
• Afghan man shoots a National Guard member:
With zero knowledge of the background or motive, the right screams that Muslims are terrorists and must be deported.
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Why POC collectively hold our breath when there’s a mass shooting or high profile crime before the suspect is even identified:
• Afghan man shoots a National Guard member:
With zero knowledge of the background or motive, the right screams that Muslims are terrorists and must be deported.
🧵
• Afghan man shoots a National Guard member:
With zero knowledge of the background or motive, the right screams that Muslims are terrorists and must be deported.
🧵
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A federal judge recently criticized an immigration agent who used ChatGPT to generate a use-of-force report. CCJ Task Force on AI members Ian Adams and Katie Kinsey spoke to @ap-news.bsky.social about the accuracy and privacy concerns at stake: apnews.com/article/ice-...
Judge's footnote on immigration agents using AI raises accuracy and privacy concerns
A federal judge has called out an immigration enforcement agent for using artificial intelligence to write the narrative of a use-of-force report as just a small part of a scathing opinion that rebutt...
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A federal judge recently criticized an immigration agent who used ChatGPT to generate a use-of-force report. CCJ Task Force on AI members Ian Adams and Katie Kinsey spoke to @ap-news.bsky.social about the accuracy and privacy concerns at stake: apnews.com/article/ice-...
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I admit I'm rusty on design best practices and standards, but it seems to defeat the purpose of a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) if you don't prohibit right turn on red. 🤔
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I admit I'm rusty on design best practices and standards, but it seems to defeat the purpose of a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) if you don't prohibit right turn on red. 🤔
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"Together, these sites comprise over seven acres that will anchor a generational effort to restore Albina as a center of creativity and learning. They are projected to generate hundreds of jobs and nearly $700 million in economic impact to the Portland metro area in the initial phases."
1803 Fund Announces Nearly $70 Million in Historic Real Estate Investments to Shape Albina’s Next Century
The latest investments include the purchase and future redevelopment of two significant districts in Albina designed to transform lives with...
theskanner.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Together, these sites comprise over seven acres that will anchor a generational effort to restore Albina as a center of creativity and learning. They are projected to generate hundreds of jobs and nearly $700 million in economic impact to the Portland metro area in the initial phases."
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Taking the Coast Guard rescue helicopter out of Newport is dangerous and senseless, especially as we go into crabbing season.
I’ve been fighting like hell to push back on Trump’s move and bring this critical helicopter back to Newport where it belongs. Lives are at stake!
I’ve been fighting like hell to push back on Trump’s move and bring this critical helicopter back to Newport where it belongs. Lives are at stake!
Coast Guard helicopter must remain in Newport, federal judge says in temporary order
"The danger presented by the lack of rescue helicopter coverage justifies” the granting of a temporary order “on an expedited basis,” the judge wrote.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Taking the Coast Guard rescue helicopter out of Newport is dangerous and senseless, especially as we go into crabbing season.
I’ve been fighting like hell to push back on Trump’s move and bring this critical helicopter back to Newport where it belongs. Lives are at stake!
I’ve been fighting like hell to push back on Trump’s move and bring this critical helicopter back to Newport where it belongs. Lives are at stake!
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Where's the progressive push back on this anti-tax campaign / gubernatorial gambit? Even Trump’s gov't closed DOGE, yet Oregon's anti-gov't extremists want to drag us backward by defunding our transportation system.
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Opponents of Oregon gas tax increase say they’ve cleared key hurdle to let voters weigh in
The initiative needed roughly 78,000 signatures by Dec. 30 to qualify for next year’s election. Backers say they have more than 150,000.
www.opb.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Where's the progressive push back on this anti-tax campaign / gubernatorial gambit? Even Trump’s gov't closed DOGE, yet Oregon's anti-gov't extremists want to drag us backward by defunding our transportation system.
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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Ernest Zacher, Esq., please join BlueSky.
The criminal defense lawyer was retried in Multnomah County after his first trial ended in a hung jury.
Airport police told attorney ‘we run the show’ before trespass arrest but jury acquitted him
The criminal defense lawyer was retried in Multnomah County after his first trial ended in a hung jury.
www.oregonlive.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ernest Zacher, Esq., please join BlueSky.
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Reeva, the award-winning pizza cart in the Roseway neighborhood, will be closed longer than expected. Roberto, the owner of Reeva, has been denied re-entry into the US. #reeva #immigration #portland #bridgetownbites
Reeva's Extended Closure in Portland, Hope for Roberto's Return - Bridgetown Bites
Reeva's extended closure is related to the unfortunate and heartbreaking situation of owner Roberto, who was denied reentry to the US.
bridgetownbites.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Reeva, the award-winning pizza cart in the Roseway neighborhood, will be closed longer than expected. Roberto, the owner of Reeva, has been denied re-entry into the US. #reeva #immigration #portland #bridgetownbites
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The goal in Portland should not be measured in number of shelter beds, but how many people are on the street. There are more people living on the street now than a year ago. An abject failure in spite of good intentions.
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The goal in Portland should not be measured in number of shelter beds, but how many people are on the street. There are more people living on the street now than a year ago. An abject failure in spite of good intentions.
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Mayor Wilson seems to be doing more to further destabilize unhoused people than he is to actually address housing.
How does it help to monetarily punish people who can’t afford rent?
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social you are deafeningly quiet about answering this. Portland wants solutions - not cruelty.
How does it help to monetarily punish people who can’t afford rent?
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social you are deafeningly quiet about answering this. Portland wants solutions - not cruelty.
Portland's now reinstated fees for ppl to pick up a towed RV.
I wrote about this coming policy change a few months ago:
I wrote about this coming policy change a few months ago:
Portland mayor makes it harder for houseless people to retrieve towed RVs
Keith Wilson changed a policy that previously allowed people to get their RVs back for free if they were towed.
www.opb.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Mayor Wilson seems to be doing more to further destabilize unhoused people than he is to actually address housing.
How does it help to monetarily punish people who can’t afford rent?
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social you are deafeningly quiet about answering this. Portland wants solutions - not cruelty.
How does it help to monetarily punish people who can’t afford rent?
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social you are deafeningly quiet about answering this. Portland wants solutions - not cruelty.
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Your lifetime of FPDR retirement pay is set by looking back at the last "year" of employment pay. But some 12-month "years" have an extra payday. If you retire at the end of a (rare) 27-payday "year" you will automatically make more in retirement than retiring at the end of a (normal) 26-payday year
From page 8 of this 2020 Retirement Workshop for FPDR Two Members presentation.
www.portlandoregon.gov/fpdr/article...
www.portlandoregon.gov/fpdr/article...
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Your lifetime of FPDR retirement pay is set by looking back at the last "year" of employment pay. But some 12-month "years" have an extra payday. If you retire at the end of a (rare) 27-payday "year" you will automatically make more in retirement than retiring at the end of a (normal) 26-payday year
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It's Monday again, so our volunteers made & shared 100+ servings of chicken & rice casserole, fruit bags, water, blankets, & harm reduction supplies w/our unhoused neighbors!
We rely on donations to feed people
Venmo- pdxfeedthestreets
Cashapp- FTSPortland
#MutualAid #PDX #MutualAidPdx
We rely on donations to feed people
Venmo- pdxfeedthestreets
Cashapp- FTSPortland
#MutualAid #PDX #MutualAidPdx
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It's Monday again, so our volunteers made & shared 100+ servings of chicken & rice casserole, fruit bags, water, blankets, & harm reduction supplies w/our unhoused neighbors!
We rely on donations to feed people
Venmo- pdxfeedthestreets
Cashapp- FTSPortland
#MutualAid #PDX #MutualAidPdx
We rely on donations to feed people
Venmo- pdxfeedthestreets
Cashapp- FTSPortland
#MutualAid #PDX #MutualAidPdx
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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Journalists should never be arrested for doing their jobs.
Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County must immediately drop the charges against photojournalist Dave Decker, and police should apologize for arresting him for doing nothing more than working to keep the public informed.
Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County must immediately drop the charges against photojournalist Dave Decker, and police should apologize for arresting him for doing nothing more than working to keep the public informed.
Photojournalist arrested at Miami immigration protest, gear seized
Freelance photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies while documenting anti-deportation protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
pressfreedomtracker.us
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Journalists should never be arrested for doing their jobs.
Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County must immediately drop the charges against photojournalist Dave Decker, and police should apologize for arresting him for doing nothing more than working to keep the public informed.
Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County must immediately drop the charges against photojournalist Dave Decker, and police should apologize for arresting him for doing nothing more than working to keep the public informed.
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McMinnville High School students walk out in response to recent ICE activity, including one student who was detained late last week
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Oregon teenager’s ICE detention sparks high school walkout
Hundreds of McMinnville High students walked out Monday, days after ICE detained Christian Jimenez, 17.
www.oregonlive.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
McMinnville High School students walk out in response to recent ICE activity, including one student who was detained late last week
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...